Community Services
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Health Visitor.
District Nurse.
Maternity.
Treatment Room.
Community Care Assessor.
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Health Visitor
Health visitors are qualified general nurses with midwifery experience and have received further
intensive
training to enable her to promote good health, prevent disease and detect health problems. They are concerned
with all aspects of health, physical, social, environmental and emotional.
Health visitors are closely involved in health care of patients, particularly children, expectant
mothers, the
elderly and physically handicapped.
The health visitor may be contacted at the surgery on 028 91 883775.
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District Nurse
District nurses carry out nursing duties in the community to provide care and services
to the housebound.
Telephone on 028 91 883775.
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Maternity Care
Telephone on 028 91 882176.
Care Leaflet
Once you discover that you are pregnant, the doctor will refer you to the hospital antenatal
clinic for your ‘booking appointment’. This normally takes place at around 12 weeks. At this
visit, various blood tests are taken and you will receive a scan to check that the pregnancy
is proceeding as planned. The hospital will normally arrange two further appointments for you.
The first is for a 20 week scan and is used to exclude any obvious abnormalities. The second is
at 34 weeks and at this stage you may receive another scan to confirm the position of your baby.
In between these visits you will be invited to attend antenatal care at the surgery with your GP.
It is usual to attend every four weeks until 28 weeks of pregnancy have passed, fortnightly until
36 weeks and then weekly until you delivery. The community midwife Ann Coulter will be available
to answer any queries you might have.
The Treatment Room Nurse will check your blood pressure and urine at each visit – it is important
to bring a urine sample with you. She will advise you on how to care for yourself during pregnancy.
You will the see the doctor who will address any concerns or worries that you may have and check
the size and position of your baby.
It is important that you take folic acid tablets daily until 14 weeks have passed. This reduces the
risk of spina bifida. Ideally folic acid should be taken 14 weeks before you conceive. If you
smoke, drink alcohol or take any regular medication it is important to discuss this with you doctor.
Once your baby is born and you are discharged from hospital, the community midwife Ann Coulter will
see both of you at home up to the tenth day after delivery. After this you will meet the health visitor
Judith Gunning who will be available to you for advice and support.
When your baby is six weeks old, it is important for you to come back to the clinic for your post-natal
visit. At this time the doctor will address any concerns that you may have and advise on
contraception
and cervical smears.
When your baby is eight weeks old it is important that he or she then attends the baby clinic on a
Tuesday afternoon for a check up and also first immunisations. The GP will give you information on
which immunisations are recommended.
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Treatment Room
The Treatment Room is set up for Patients who have minor injuries which may not need to be seen
at A & E.
Examples include:
You can make an appointment contacting 028 91 882176
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Community Care Assessor
Telephone on 028 91 883775.
CCA's assess services for people who want to remain living independently at home.
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